Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-02
VRTERaNs OF THE TENTH.

Veterans of the Tenth Connecticut Volun- teers held their twentieth reunion at stony Creek yesterday. The veterans and the1r families went down to the Creek ln three speciaI cars attached to the 1O:05 train. Ar irving at the Creek barges and carriages were taken for Frinks Hotel, where the festivities of the day were held, and complimentary banquet rendered by their old colonel, Gen eral E. s. Greedy, was partaken of. The Second Regiment band headed the proces- sion from the depot to Indian Neck.
 Upon arriving at the hotel President b. Jepson made few congratulatory remarks, after which the business meeting of the association was held. Secretary Davlo s. Durand made his report and officers tor the ensuing year were elected. They are as follows: President, Thomas J. Gill, Hart ford; vice presidents, W. H. Wilcox, Caleb Wood South Norwalk; secretary and treas- urer D. s. Durand, Birmingham. The place of the next reunion will be South Norwalk. There have died during the last year G. Il. Hawkhurst, quartermaster sergeant; William Davidson, Company E; Captain J. s. Engles, Company A; F. E. Thompson, Company 5; I Henry Hasse1man, Company A, and J. w. Storrs, honarary member.
 ] The Second Regiment band rendered a concert from 12:3O until 1:3O. Old time military airs that are so familiar to the vet erans were played and stirred many heart. Dinner was served at 1:30. Rev. l. N. Foster, formerly chief chaplain of the Ma tional G. A. R. encsmpment, pastor Of the St. John street M. E. church, William 5. Wells, an honorary member, and Major .. ! A. Brooks, formerly on General Terry g staff, were present as ivited guests General Greely, who rendered the banquet, welcomed them briefly to the much appreciated hospl- tality.
 After the courses were exhausted the fol- lowing toasts and music furnished rare enter tainment for all present:
 The Tenth Regiment. By Captain B. Jepson
 Song, America by all present.
 iii0 0nio" By General John L. Otis Song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home'" ou' D'i i'A-'e' By Chaplain H. Clay Trumbul Dirge by the Band.
 Our Lady Suests .rram raP By Tramp Ps m Ne"'0n 1n0 'o s Song, ''Tenting ToNight.''
 The hank "nu T nc By comrade David chadeyne Song Marching Through Georgia"
 ine oi'DT Volunteer Toasts and Speeches. Finale, "Auld Lang Syne,' by all present. Among the prominent survivors of the old Tenth who were present were General E. 5. Greeley, Brigadier General John L. Otis, Surgeon Hart, Lieutenant B. Wright, s. 4. Lyon, SiIas E. Wood, w. H. Wilcox, Green wich; w. H. Marshall, Bridgeport; Louis Schaefer, New York; J. H. Bronson, South Manchester; G. A. Peck, Westville; T. J. Gill, Hartford; Henry Barrows, Manchester: G. s. Saxton, Port Jefferson, L. l.; Theodore Hotchkiss, Waterbury; Saml. R. Barker, New Canaan, Charles H. Muzzy, Bristol; Caleb Wood, South Norwalk; Surgeon Newton, Sufield, and Walter French, 0. A. Howard, J. A. Downs. Charles A. Askins, W. E.
 Whittlesey, Wallace Holt, E. A. Smith, Charles DeForest, Hiram T. Peck, Captain H. A. Peck, Lieutenant Marshall, George Shields, E. A. Brooks, Oscar G. Hull, Lewis n Tl 1ofN Narxy Haven.
 The text of Professor Jepson's address was as follows:
 Comrades of the Tenth-Through your kindness it has become my pleasant duty to preside at this days reunion and to open the way for that recital of inspiring reminis- cences and glorious recolleetions which are the usual pleasant aocompaniments of our annual meetings.
 To each one and in behalf ot each one of our living comrades, whether present or ab- sent: to the ladies and families of comrades; to our invited guests and to all who partake of the bounty of our generous host this day I give you most cordial greeting.
 In reviewing the history of the regiment we cannot do otherwise than contrast our present decimated ranks with that splendid line of men which years ago graced the pa. rade ground at Annapolis.
 It is sad to think of it, and yet of all that noble battalion in which we took such par donable pride scarcely enough remain to form a respectable ''guard mount" We can never forget the cheery cry of the company sergeants at dress parade, as one after another they reported "All present or accounted for" To-day how changed that report would be.
 In the days when we first organized, the many were present and the few accounted for; to-day the few are present, while the a;E fa1J ip of Aony houa received their final summons since, are sick and infrm, or are otherwise scattered to the four points of the compass.
 It WAS my privilege to share in some of the earlier conflicts of the war and to march shoulder to shoulder with some who bravely yielded their own precious lives in order that the republic might live. I only regret that could not have shared with my regiment in those closing campaigns which brought victory to our army and lasting peace to our undivided country; it was otherwise decreed, however, and contemplated furlough of thirty days on recruiting service was made permanent by an order of Secretary Stanton.
 Who knows but for that unfortunate order our illustrious trio of generals might have been increased to Q quartettes When look upon this company it seems scarcely possible that many of the full bearded, grey-headed, and even bald headed veterans present to-day were the smoothed faced youths of 'e1, but most won- derfuI of all, not few of those youths are themselves blessed with sons of veterans who march up and down our streets, assemble in camp, attend conventions, State and national, in word are literally spelling for an oppor- tunity to prove themselves worthy of their patriotic sires.
 Comrades, we would not have it otherwise it was for their sakes we enlisted, not only for the living children but for those as yet unborn, this was literally my own case; the little two year old whom 1 kissed good bye in his mothers arms, learned to say 'papa don war" It was not my privilege to hear his prattle, or even to look upon him again. Three separate letters received simultaneous ly from the North conveyed the intelligence of his sickness, death and burial God has blessed me, however, with two other stall wart boys, and for their sakes I rejoice that it was my privilege to be enrolled among those who enlisted to put down treason and rebellion.
 Comrades, we suffered our full share, but our wives and mothers God bless them) suf- fered as much or more.
 Some of these dear ladies whose presence we welcome to-day retain vivid recollectiops they could speak of suffering, of sacrifice, of deprivation, of wearisome watching, of anx- ious days, of lonesome nights, of agonizing suspense and of much that as veterans we know not of and which will never know the light of history. For myself, cannot for get the brave spoken words, the fearful sep eration or the tremulous ''good-byes" of 1861. I cannot forget fond old mothers pleadings to remain at home. Neither can I ever forget the crushing intelligence of that good mothers death, which came to me at the front.
 Comrades, know full well that what I have related is only a counterpart of your own eventful experiences. Twenty five years have passed, and those of us who sur- vivid the struggle have lived to see re- stored and reunited country. We meet at an suspicious time, for now have passsd away, never to return, all bitterness, all the heart burnings that followed the civil war, At the South the blue and the gray frater- ternize. Together they go the Gods acres, in which the dead of either side are sleep- ing and in honor of their manliness and he- roism they strew their graves with flowers.
 Together they unite in deeds of kindness to the widows, the orphans and the maimed old soldiers of either side. They cooperate in upholding law, in advancing industrial development in every and all good and use- ful works. Their lives and actions are among the foremost of the many energies that are I-s. xI.s~ L